(CNN)– President Barack Obama got a welcome surprise during a short sightseeing jaunt that capped off his recent visit to Egypt.

While touring the pyramids at Giza, Obama came across a hieroglyphic that bore a striking resemblance to the 44th president – especially Obama’s prominent ears which Obama himself has pointed out many times since arriving on the national political stage.

“’It’s me,’” White House senior adviser David Axelrod says Obama said when the presidential entourage came across the hieroglyphic.

“And I have to confess that the ears were a giveaway,” Axelrod said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.

“It really did look like him. I was wondering whether someone chiseled that in there in honor of our visit. But apparently this was done some thousands of years ago.”

“We didn’t know what to make of it. But our guide said he thinks the president might be descended from King Tut,” Axelrod also told John King.

“We have no proof of that. We’re not claiming that. We think perhaps he says that to all the visiting dignitaries,” Axelrod quickly added perhaps trying to head off another partisan attack on Obama’s global celebrity status.

Those are hands being raised in the air. Look closely. Why does everyone think it's a glyph with big ears?

June 7, 2009 07:21 pm at 7:21 pm |

Dawn in Pa

Wow... I can read it here, see he is a Muslim, second 1000 years BC duh, Egyptians were the rulers of the Continent Of Africa.

How many people out there would love to tour the Pyramids, I know I would, to see the magnificent beauty of these wonders, Remember these pyramids are part of the seven wonders of the world. Standing for all these years, the obelisk, the statues of Ramsey the II, to Cleopatra, to Nefertari and King Tut the most famous of them all. Or even visiting the Cairo Museum where all the treasures of Ancient Eygpt.

June 7, 2009 07:22 pm at 7:22 pm |

gl, Pittsburgh

I am waiting for the crazy far right wing to comment on this one.

Bring it on you far right wing nuts. This President is sent from GOD!

June 7, 2009 07:23 pm at 7:23 pm |

jeff

And this is news.

June 7, 2009 07:24 pm at 7:24 pm |

Chris

Hmmmm, looks like a million people I've seen here in the United States alone. What's the big deal?

June 7, 2009 07:26 pm at 7:26 pm |

gary davis Harbor Oregon

every day bthis new president amazes me
what a great sense of humor and he can take a ribing and dish it out

keep up the possative fibs and the world will follow
CHANGE ...CHANGE IS COMMING...CHANGE THAT WILL BE GOOD

June 7, 2009 07:28 pm at 7:28 pm |

Leslie

AND the cartoon in MAD MAGAZINE looks like Hussein Obama too! So which one of them is right?

June 7, 2009 07:38 pm at 7:38 pm |

Jay Carey

lol that is surely funny.....you know what the Egyptians are African and Obama's father was from Kenya, so it does kind of make sense

June 7, 2009 07:38 pm at 7:38 pm |

Andi

Wow. Can't wait for the whack-a-doodles to take a negative/vile spin on this one.

June 7, 2009 07:41 pm at 7:41 pm |

No Support

Obama is irish, Obama was in WW2, Obama is egyptian, what isnt Obama. OBAMA IS NOT A LEADER, but he is just another democratic crook that is trying to sell the American drream to his muslim bothers and his racist administration.

June 7, 2009 07:45 pm at 7:45 pm |

King Tut decendent?

Cute! Let's see what the haters have to say about this innocuous and coincidental sighting. Ha, ha!

June 7, 2009 07:50 pm at 7:50 pm |

Pat, CA

And you look like you're a descendant of Adolf Hitler, Axelbutt !!!

June 7, 2009 07:52 pm at 7:52 pm |

David Evan

While this is a cute story, couldn't we at least give more meaningful mention to the President's historic initiatives both in the Middle East and hear at home?

June 7, 2009 07:52 pm at 7:52 pm |

Frank

It's odd you would be willing to speculate so specifically as to Axelrod's intentions while failing to ever include mention of his obvious joking. It's not the best move you could have made here, and it comes across as a rather deliberate attempt to add an unrelated controversy, which is not great journalism.

June 7, 2009 08:01 pm at 8:01 pm |

Candy Wilson

How Ironic!!! It's uncanny but it's funny too

June 7, 2009 08:03 pm at 8:03 pm |

steve

He probably actually 'does' believe that the ancient Egyptians prophesized his coming, as the ONE..

June 7, 2009 08:12 pm at 8:12 pm |

RealityKing

It is thought that King Tut was murdered by an close official because his skull was bashed in and only a person of great importance could get near enough to harm him. America feels you Axelrod...

June 7, 2009 08:19 pm at 8:19 pm |

Osama Bin Laden

Yep. He does look like Erkel. Beginning to act like him too.

June 7, 2009 08:27 pm at 8:27 pm |

RealityKing

The country was economically weak and in turmoil during the reign of King Tut. He sought to restore diplomatic relations with other kingdoms but despite his efforts for improved relations battles were recorded in his mortuary temple at Thebes. His tomb contained body armour but there is speculation that he did not take part personally in any of these battles.

Wow.., the similarities ARE striking!!

June 7, 2009 08:29 pm at 8:29 pm |

Had It

I like our President. He is trying so hard to get people to treat each other with respect and dignity. And he sets the example.

I sure wish we had more people like him in the world.

June 7, 2009 08:30 pm at 8:30 pm |

MatthewDetroit

Now the clown will take credit for the great pyramids.
What a joke.

June 7, 2009 08:31 pm at 8:31 pm |

jeremy

Well, I'm sure some people are going to insist he's being cocky.
But anyone secure enough to associate himself with an image with gigantic oversized ears is gotta be pretty humble. It's almost making fun of yourself.